DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/25 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.7 - - 76.0 - - 71.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 129 - - 62 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3815 - - 3953 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3095 - - 2737 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4704 - - 4842 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1179 - - 1044 - - 3985 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 341 - - 280 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 201 - - 211 - - 172 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -639 - - -419 - - -1908 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5343 - - 5261 - - 2846 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6901 - - -6447 - - -3411 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11605 - - 11289 - - 4349 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 75 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.7 - - 76.0 - - 71.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.6 - - 56.3 - - 62.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.9 - - 75.7 - - 73.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.3 - - 55.0 - - 61.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 129 - - 62 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3815 - - 3953 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 37 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 12 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99440 16 108 16 099 16 061 99440 91968 19 111 17 083 20 100 91968 86168 22 105 10 096 19 079 86168 81358 14 091 11 094 13 061 81358 77229 10 100 8 092 9 051 77229 73573 11 101 8 119 2 064 73573 70245 7 093 8 125 5 133 70245 67175 4 122 4 157 3 070 67175 64334 6 122 4 202 2 289 64334 61592 3 296 7 286 3 340 61592 58743 7 319 10 278 8 294 58743 55799 16 311 16 289 22 296 55799 53012 20 299 20 285 26 293 53012 50516 34 307 24 307 26 311 50516 48276 45 294 43 294 42 290 48276 46258 48 286 44 288 37 284 46258 44429 51 284 46 294 48 295 44429 42755 52 280 56 296 61 292 42755 41199 44 294 62 293 67 291 41199 39735 56 302 61 288 69 287 39735 38351 57 302 61 281 68 283 38351 37011 49 296 63 280 65 282 37011 35644 41 297 64 286 59 284 35644 34221 37 306 59 293 49 286 34221 32745 36 303 45 297 43 289 32745 31200 39 295 38 293 38 289 31200 29575 37 293 39 292 36 288 29575 27867 34 297 41 289 39 277 27867 26076 33 294 38 289 44 282 26076 24207 36 286 31 297 40 297 24207 22269 31 293 29 314 32 306 22269 20254 26 305 28 325 25 318 20254 18156 23 312 20 323 19 315 18156 16022 19 315 21 330 19 307 16022 13966 14 326 21 333 21 315 13966 12089 11 325 15 328 18 320 12089 10420 9 315 11 322 14 311 10420 8942 4 303 7 315 10 303 8942 7633 4 289 6 296 9 295 7633 6473 5 257 7 264 11 282 6473 5449 6*224 8*228 10 258 5449 4549 7*211 8*218 10 228 4549 3755 7 206 8 215 10 213 3755 3043 8 202 8 212 10 205 3043 2412 8 200 7 210 10 199 2412 1886 7 198 7 207 10 193 1886 1482 7 196 7 206 9 189 1482 1203 7 194 7 205 8 184 1203 1035 6 194 6 205 7*179 1035 938 6 193 6 203 4*172 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography